LYRICS FOR LUNCH

[That's] Hot off the press: Hilton's memoir drops today, but we've already got the scoop on the making of the American heiress and the survivor beneath the facade. Join us for a very special re-release of the Paris Hilton story. 

This week, we bring you the story of how one of the most promising rock bands of the nineties fell from grace — and who was behind the crash.

Watch us on YouTube on Podcasts on VEVO.

It has been said that “Fat Cats, Bigga Fish” by the band The Coup “is to hip hop what Alan Ginsberg’s Howl is to poetry, Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” is to Jazz, or Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialist theory.” This week, Lindsay and Aviv take a deep dive into a hip hop record and a lyricist, Boots Riley, who has always weirdly been able to predict the future, maybe even 9/11. Let's just hope he's wrong about the horses...

Cyndi Lauper: Feminist icon, fierce ally, fashion legend, and WWE Hall-of-Famer … need we say more? This week, we take you behind the scenes on the making of the feisty equality anthem that almost never was.

TikTok sensation Jax’s breakout hit “Victoria’s Secret” shines a light on the retail giant that cashed in on selling brightly colored body issues to generations of women and girls. Upon closer look, the story behind Victoria’s Secret is even darker and dirtier than ever imagined.

Watch us on Podcasts on VEVO.

One song, two tin can tragedies. This week, we pay tribute to human bravery ... and hubris — to the resounding sounds of the lost STS-107 Columbia Space Shuttle mission and some  very misguided tweets.

Find us on PodcastsonVEVO.

On March 10, 2003, just days before the American invasion of Iraq, anti-war protests were growing in the streets of London. It was the start of the Dixie Chicks Top of the World Tour, and between songs at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Chicks lead singer, Natalie Maines, told the audience she was against war and violence, too. The resulting backlash went waaaay down in history as the premier example of modern-day cancellation. This is the story of what happens when “free speech” gets tested by those touting god, guns, and country.

In late 2004, an anonymous 18-year old uploaded a webcam video to the internet with the sole intention of making his friends smile. Little did he know he was about to define what it means to go viral. The boy? Gary Brolsma. The song? Dragostea Din Tei — an absolute banger that would turn Gary into an international superstar. Or was it the other way around? Did the song make Gary a sensation or did Gary make the song? Find out this week as we take a look at the Numa Numa song and the legend of Gary Brolsma.

Check us out on YouTube at PodcastsOnVEVO. 

By now the world is pretty convinced it knows who Carly Simon annihilated in 1971 when she penned her epic breakup anthem “You’re So Vain.” But like most songs on this show, the truth lies somewhere far more obscure. Join us this week as Aviv reveals the song’s true inspiration, and it isn’t Matthew McConaughey.